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RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116250760119558186
How's that 'God's Battle' in Iran going Wilson?
The Master Race with 'god on their side' seems to have no plan?
#PeteHegseth #WhiskeyPete #USMilitary #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #USPol #USPolitics
AodeRelay boosted"Wilson's remarks at the Pentagon assured the audience that their battles were God’s battles, that God would be their protector just as he was for figures from scripture like Noah and David. He suggested that God’s people, having searched for the enemy, now realize they are surrounded—the implication presumably being that the real enemy is other Americans."
#WhiteChristianNationalism #DouglasWilson #Hegseth #bible #misogyny #homophobia #patriarchy #MaleDomination #war #violence
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Update. It turns out that the National Academies of Science (#NAS) did 𝗻𝗼𝘁 acquiesce in this #censorship of #climate science. In a short statement (March 11), it said that “The manual, including the chapter on climate science, will continue to be available on the Academy’s website.”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/
PS: Bravo to the NAS. Although it's not part of the govt, about 85% of its funding comes from govt agencies, making it highly vulnerable to retaliatory defunding. It's the first agency I've seen with that level of vulnerability flatly reject a Trumpist demand to censor research.
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
The cryptocurrency industry super PACs dumped $14.2 million into the Illinois primaries. 90% of that – $12.8 million – was wasted, in that it went to opposing Democratic candidates who won their primaries (Stratton in the Senate race, Ford in H-07) or supporting their opponents.
Their only victories in the state were where they contributed money towards outcomes that were already highly likely. They opposed Robert Peters (H-02), who had been polling in third place and ultimately received 12% of the vote. They supported Bean (H-08) and incumbent Budzinski (H-13).
RE: https://newsie.social/@TheNeedling/116245945657584246
Absolutely seriously, _do not applaud Joe Kent_.
#uspol #uspolitics #casPol #casPolitics #politics #cascadia #No
The GOP is a diseased organization, completely antithetical to the nation. It needs to be purged.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-party-nazi-problem-getting-180000669.html
#racist #antiAmerican #antisocial #traitor #GOP #MAGA #nazi #purge #USPolitics #USPol #government
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When the story about the Telegram chat broke last fall, state Republicans quickly distanced themselves from these young “leaders,” but national Republicans refused to denounce them, spurring the instant classic Time headline: “White House Shrugs Off Leaked Chats from Young Republicans Praising Hitler.”
This should be the least difficult thing in the world to denounce. The failure to do so seems like an odious extension of the “no enemies on the right” approach to politics: the enemy of my enemy is my friend, no matter what they might say. This fundamentally blurs the difference between healthy political competition and politics as a war against enemies, not fellow citizens. This is the Pandora’s box that has been opened up — and the furies are still flying.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/doGR2i2dLzXjj1cwEfnAWU
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🔗 [ℹ️](https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-rejects-trumps-plea-for")
Une fiction satirique révèle les tensions sous-jacentes de l'engagement américain en Ukraine.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/eJGJENjPxf4ULCXPXehkcm
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🔗 [ℹ️](https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-rejects-trumps-plea-for")
Satirical narratives are increasingly indistinguishable from plausible geopolitical outcomes, creating a unique cognitive and strategic hazard.
📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/hEncfhWyVBvi9euj6dgSFr
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🔗 [ℹ️](https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-rejects-trumps-plea-for")
Die satirische Übertreibung des `Borowitz Report` offenbart fundamentale Risse im transatlantischen Sicherheitskonsens.
NO PLAN | NO ENDGAME
"At some point, Trump will simply declare victory in Iran, then turn tail and run away."
- Aure
Trump told reporters on Tuesday that the United States was not ready to leave the military operation in Iran yet, but that "we'll be leaving in pretty much the very near future"
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
A federal appellate court unanimously rejected President Donald Trump’s appeal of the dismissal of his lawsuit against CNN over the use of the term “Big Lie” — and five of the judges were nominated by the president himself.
WARNING. WARNING.
"Is Trump following Putin's orders and will try to remove the US from NATO?“
- Aure
CONTACT. CONGRESS. NOW.
Trump on NATO:
"We help other countries. And when they don’t help us, I mean, it’s certainly something that we should think about.
I don’t need Congress for that decision. As you probably know, I can make that decision myself."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #NATO
More at @Free_Press
Projection again, it is HE who is making the 'Epic Fuck-Up'
#Trump #USpol #USPolitics #OperationEpicFury #EpicFuckUp #IranWar #NATO
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mago 17.11 GMT
'We don't need them, but they should've been there’: Trump
says Nato allies making 'a foolish mistake’ by not helping with
strait of Hormuz
"Trump throws shit and kicks dirt on our NATO allies, then the next day begs them for help in his Iran debacle that has no plan.
Now he's surprised that our allies are rightfully turning him down
Will Trump learn an important life lesson from this - NOPE!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
More at @Free_Press
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Trump Post / rant
The Big Lie About Iran’s Support for Terrorism
Based on the available data from 2004-2023, approximately 85-95% of terrorist attacks in the State Department reports were carried out by Sunni extremist groups or individuals. The top perpetrator groups each year (Taliban, ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda affiliates, al-Shabaab, TTP, etc.) were all Sunni. In other words, these are groups with no affiliation or support from Iran. In fact, these groups view Shias, not just Iran, as heretics and target them.
https://sonar21.com/the-big-lie-about-irans-support-for-terrorism/
After NATO Members refuse to kiss Trump's feet....
Throwing a two-years-old temper tantrum, Trump says the United States no longer needs NATO.
(Dear NATO, yes, we desperately need you; first we have to remove Trump from office - perhaps by the 25th Amendment)
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #NATO
President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that he spoke with another former president about his decision to conduct a military assault against Iran, with the unspecified leader allegedly saying he wished he had done the same thing while in office.
Every other living president, however, said that this conversation did not happen.
Well - I guess that's one thing we can hope for to fix this shitty timeline.
#USpol #USPolitics #Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore
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The bottom panel is dominated by a close-up of a white gorilla's face, rendered in a realistic style. The gorilla has intensely focused eyes, wrinkled skin, and thick white fur. The background is a blurry, bright blue, suggesting an icy or watery environment with some bokeh effects. White text overlaid on this panel reads "I am Harambe the White. And I come back to you now - at the turn of the tide." The overall composition is designed to mimic a scene from a fantasy film, specifically referencing a dramatic confrontation. The colors are predominantly cool, with blues and dark tones in the top panel contrasted by the bright white of the gorilla and the blue background in the bottom panel. The style is clearly meant to be humorous, juxtaposing a well-known internet meme with imagery reminiscent of the Lord of the Rings films.
From #ElizabethGinexi:
https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/i-wrote-research-funding-announcements
"In 2024, #NIH published 756 funding announcements.
In 2025, it published 120.
In 2026, as of March 15, it has published 14…
This is not a temporary slowdown. It is a structural collapse."
#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
BREAKING NEWS
"This man belongs in a locked, rubber room"
- Aure
Trump says he will have the "honor of taking Cuba."
"I can do anything I want with it."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #cuba
LAUSD says it will cut out vendors with ties to ICE.
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to cut ties with any vendors supporting or enabling the mass detention, surveillance, or racial profiling of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other federal agencies.
https://lapublicpress.org/2026/03/lausd-votes-cuts-ties-ice-immigration-contracts-defense-tech/
Well, I think one big difference, Phil, is that we have a smart president, whereas in the past we’ve had dumb presidents. And I trust President Trump to get the job done, to do a good job for the American people, and to make sure that the mistakes of the past aren’t repeated. Absolutely.
-J.D. Vance
Newsletter: Justin Sun buys his way out of an SEC fraud case, Iranian transactions on Binance draw DOJ scrutiny as the exchange sues the newspaper that reported on them, and crypto super PACs dump millions into Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois.
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-102/
#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
TRUMP BAILS OUT PUTIN!
Former IMF economist Robin Brooks: “The discount on Urals crude versus Brent benchmark has shrunk to zero.“
According to Brooks, a 30-day waiver issued by the Trump regime, has effectively "destigmatized Russian oil," and given Russia a huge windfall, which now exceeds the 2022 level, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Ukraine #Russia
More at @Free_Press
The Orange Twat Waffle!
Trump attacked Iran with NO Planning, NO Coordination, NO Endgame, NOTHING!
INCOMPETENT. EGOMANIAC.
Trump on The Strait of Hormuz:
"We get less than 1% of our oil from the strait.
Some countries get much more: Japan 95%, China 90%, and South Korea 35%.
We want them to come and help us with the strait."
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #iranwar
#humour #joke #comedy #satire #humor #nixon #uspolitics
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In 1999, the movie Dick (about Nixon) came out, and it didn't stop playing at this drive-in theatre all year long
[Four photos of the same drive-in sign with film titles at the bottom. The first shows the films "The Haunting" "Dick" "Muppets from space", the second shows the films "Analyze This" "Dick" "Big Daddy", the third shows the films "10 things I hate about you" "Bringing out the dead" "Dick", and the fourth shows the films "Dick" "Virus" "Merry Christmas everyone"
#Trump #TrumpIsGuilty #TrumpIsAPedo #January6th #Treason #Insurrection #DictatorTrump #USPolitics #IranWar #WarCriminal #WarCrimes
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Photo of Trump with the words: “MOST AMERICANS DON'T WANT AN IMPEACHMENT; THEY WANT HIM AND HIS ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH TREASON.”
US Politics. Bad language [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
@Jason844 Pissed me off too. A lot of people use #USPol (2400 posts) #USPolitics (250 posts) I see you added it.
In live presser now, #Hegseth is babbling on, keeps pointing finger @ POTUS "He controls the throttle, Properly scoping the objectives."
He's up there at podium, throwing poop at everyone else. It's freakin' weird, my friends, like a shitty telenovela.
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol #News #Fascism #Project2025
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Village Idiot
Always look on the bright side of life.
#humour #immigration #USpolitics
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Scotty posted:
Quote “They're taking our jobs and they're
bringing drugs into our country” end quote.
well that's convenient because I love drugs
and I hate working
"The US is demanding the participation of other countries in the defense of the Strait of Hormuz,"
- US UN Rep, Michael Waltz
"Donald Trump has spent a year trying to destroy the economies of our closest allies, now he goes to them for help - good luck with that!"
- Aure
#AureFreePress #iranwar #BreakingNews #Breaking #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
More at @Free_Press
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Trump's tariffs board
The industrial military complex is using AI in warfare and it's absolutely terrifying! While US law may rule in favor of no-autonomous usage of AI in battle, other nation states may not follow suit. The rise of the machines is now becoming a very real possibility though be it in, very likely to be, a far different way than the Terminator franchise' spin on the story.. and of course all time-travel fantasies aside.
https://www.xnite.me/ai/2026/03/15/ai-iranian-war.html
#war #iran #USA #uspol #politics #uspolitics #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #claude #openai #xai #grok #anthropic #chatgpt #gpt #middleeast #middleeastconflict #middleeastCrisis #middleeastwar #iranwar #iranian #iranconflict #irancrisis #crisis
Hey don't forget to check out my latest blog post where I talk about some of the new "online safety" bills being introduced in 2026. I know these are **framed** as being created to protect children, but I can almost guarantee that all they will do is break your encryption, destroy your privacy, and ruin anonymity online for journalists, activists, and whistleblowers while also potentially actually putting the data of children at increased risk of being stolen in data breach. I can also almost guarantee that criminals will use fake identifications and scape goats to continue harming whomever they please without any increased risk to them vs now.
https://www.xnite.me/digital-culture/2026/03/13/smile-youre-online.html
#privacy #infosec #security #kosa #digitalrights #digitalsovereignty #digitalservicesact #uspol #uspolitics #usa #unitedstates #congress #senate #republicans #gop #safety #onlinesafety #onlineprivacy #hacking #identity #identitytheft #crime #kids
#news #USnews #politics #USpolitics #Trump2 #project2025 #disaster #fascism #economy #war
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dialog posts: Fred Fella @FredFellaIMO "My American friends, how did America become such a political cesspool?"
Dr. Allison Wiltz @queenie4rmnola "Failing to properly punish the Confederacy."
Seems to me that we should not be lecturing likely Dem voters that every vote matters. Seems to me that we should be lecturing Dem party leaders that they should espouse popularly progressive policies that will attract more likely Dem voters. Scolding voters is backward thinking, and it ignores where the seat of power in reality lies (not with individual voters).
#Democrats #elections #uspol #uspolitics
BREAKING NEWS
Trump says US and many other countries, will send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and safe
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
More at @Free_Press
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Trump Post
>Nearly three million people in France can now use urban public transport without paying a fare.
Collins calls for Iran conflict to be ‘brief,’ ‘successful’
HARTLAND, Maine — Sen. Susan Collins said Friday that none of the six soldiers killed in an air refueling accident in…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #APPAroundMaine #APPIntheCommunity #AroundMaine-MoreMaineNews #geopolitics #Maine #Politics #PublishtoFacebookME #PublishtoXThreadsME #SusanCover #unitedstatesofamerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #USPolitics #usapolitics
https://www.europesays.com/2843496/
https://www.europesays.com/2843496/ Collins calls for Iran conflict to be ‘brief,’ ‘successful’ #america #APPAroundMaine #APPInTheCommunity #AroundMaineMoreMaineNews #geopolitics #Maine #Politics #PublishToFacebookME #PublishToXThreadsME #SusanCover #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics
Even if he had gone to Vietnam, he still wouldn't have learned the lessons of Vietnam.
This probably goes without saying but I'm pretty sure most of us are still on board with Ukraine and NATO being our allies and doing everything in our power to protect them, as opposed to betraying them and becoming putin's global oil pimp.
"The Trump administration’s crusade to 'save' white South Africans from supposed persecution is backfiring.
"Instead of embracing his invitation to America, growing numbers of those same expatriates are buying one-way tickets home—disillusioned by the violence, fear, and brutality in Trump’s United States." Daily Beast https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-south-african-refugees-choose-172248890.html
#USPolitics #TrumpRegime #ICE
Fascinating read on a former marine and NYPD officer who got radicalised by Trump into assaulting a police officer during the January 6th insurrection attempt.
Spoiler alert: he's still radicalised.
Gifted link, free for fourteen days.
#jan6 #jan6th #january6 #january6th #insurrection #MAGA #USPolitics #USpol
Trump says ships must show courage and pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Yesterday, Iran struck multiple ships attempting to pass through it.
1 DEAD | 38 RESCUED
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
More at @Free_Press
The oops we made another mistake party
Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes, according to three sources familiar with the closed-door session.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/politics/hormuz-trump-administration-underestimated-iran
The ReTHUGlican nominee in North Carolina is Michael Watley who knowingly put a man who RAPED THREE GIRLS AGED 14 AND 16 in charge of the state party committee #uspol #uspolitics #northcarolina #ncpol #NCPolitics #news #republicans #gop #criminal #crime #rape #trafficking
RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@PoliticalCartoon/116217784342745508
Let's leave Coney alone, please. He's suffered enough.
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#Trump #MAGA #TrumpEconomy #EconomicDownturn #ApprovalRating #USPolitics
Does Ka$h not understand that UFC bouts are as real as WWF? #USPolitics #StupidestTimeline
https://deadline.com/2026/03/kash-patel-ufc-fighters-train-fbi-agents-1236750897/
Gee, I wonder if the corrupt president, who has spent a lifetime laundering Russian money, is in cahoots with Putin and making personal gains on worldwide oil chaos. They'd stand to make a killing if our corrupt president lifted sanctions on Russia while there's yet another distribution network disruption of their own devising.
#ThomsonReuters employees were alarmed to learn that #ICE was paying the company $22.8 million for "software to pull public and private information about individuals, and to track license plates." More than 200 employees signed an internal letter asking management "not [to] renew the ICE contract when it expires in May." The letter is not yet public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/technology/thomson-reuters-ice-minnesota.html
How dare you offend the jellyfish?!?
Ah.
BTW: It also has no spine and no brain.
Just sayin'.
#Trump #Iran #Israel #USA #USPolitics #
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Did you know a jellyfish’s mouth is also its
anus...
It's Basically the Trump of the sea
&S
Of course trump acts like he doesn't give two shits if America is attacked by terrorists. It's what he's been fantasizing.
lol what a dumb bitch
Donald Trump’s war on Iran is backfiring in a critical area: Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than before.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207662/iran-oil-straight-hormuz-exports
Spoiler: They're Fascist Morons
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New York Times Headline:
How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
As per usual, to get decent news and investigative journalism in this country now, we have to consult independent non-legacy media platforms and often from other countries
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Man arrested after vehicle crashes into White House gates http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRR1Yg #WhiteHouse #BreakingNews #SecurityBreach #USPolitics #CrimeNews
So, when's everybody gonna go ahead and dump substack once and for all?
This is a question for journalists who are still on fucking substack.
I've accused #DOGE of terminating #NEH grants (and other grants) by using dumb keyword searches to look for prohibited words. It turns out that DOGE used dumb #ChatGPT prompts instead. Like this one (quoting verbatim): “Does the following relate at all to D.E.I.? Respond factually in less than 120 characters. Begin with ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/arts/humanities-endowment-doge-trump.html
#Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #Funding #Humanities #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
NARRATOR: He did not cut off trade with Spain.
#Trump #USPol #USPolitics #España #EUPol #IranWar #EpsteinClass
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[=] Aaron Rupar ©
@atrupar.com
Trump: "Spain? | think they've been very bad. Not good at all. We may
cut off trade with Spain."
This!
#MAGA #uspolitics #TrentReznor
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"I am Gen X. I think we need
separate bathrooms for MAGA.
I don't feel comfortable with them
around women and children.”
~ Trent Reznor
Nine Inch Nails
(a photo of Trent Reznor)
Trump tries bribery.
"Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-college-funding.html
"The White House on Wednesday sent letters to nine of the nation’s top public and private universities, urging campus leaders to pledge support for President Trump’s political agenda to help ensure access to federal research funds."
#Arizona, #Brown, #Dartmouth, #MIT, #Penn, #USC, #Texas, #Vanderbilt, #Virginia
#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. The American Association of Colleges & Universities (#AACU, @aacu) just issued a statement on #Trump's “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”.
https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/aac-u-statement-on-the-trump-administrations-compact-for-academic-excellence-in-higher-education
"College and university presidents cannot bargain with the essential freedom of colleges and universities to determine, on academic grounds, whom to admit and what is taught, how, and by whom. They cannot trade academic freedom for federal funding—and should not be asked to do so."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. The #UCalifornia Academic Council unanimously called on the UC President and Regents "to unequivocally reject governmental demands that compromise institutional autonomy and academic freedom."
https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/council-chair-to-president-council-statement-ucla-demand-letter.pdf
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #Universities
Update. The NYTimes has a good collection of institutional responses as of Oct 2, the day after Trump sent his letter to nine colleges and universities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/trump-universities-compact-funding.html
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. Also see the American Council of Learned Societies (#ACLS) statement on the Trump compact.
https://www.acls.org/news/acls-statement-regarding-white-house-compact-for-academic-excellence-in-higher-education/
"Universities and colleges have one mission: to advance knowledge…Interfering with that process by forcing knowledge to pass through a political filter is a tactic adopted by the Soviet Union and other authoritarian states. The White House is dressing up its compact as a reasonable corrective to what it views as problems in campus culture. Let no one be deceived. This proposal imposes government censorship on academia. It is anti-American, and it weakens our democracy by devaluing academic expertise."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. Forgot to add this important response last week:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/02/governor-newsom-no-state-funding-for-sell-out-universities/
"Governor #GavinNewsom today [Oct 2] issued the following statement in response to the White House’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which ties access to federal funding to radical conservative ideological restrictions on colleges and universities: IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY’LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #California #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. The Chronicle of Higher Education is tracking comments from the nine universities that received the Trump threat-bribe.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-white-house-sent-its-compact-to-9-universities-heres-what-their-administrators-and-faculty-are-saying
(#paywalled)
Summary: Large faculty groups at each institution urge administrators to reject the deal.
Administrators are saying little beyond the fact that they received the letter and are discussing what to do about it -- with one exception.
The exception is UTexas, where the chair of the Board of Regents, Kevin Eltife (a retired Republican State Senator), said Texas is "honored [to be] named as one of only nine institutions in the US selected by the Trump administration for potential funding advantages under its new 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'. We enthusiastically look forward to engaging with university officials and reviewing the compact immediately."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. #MIT just became the first university to reject Trump's compact. Here's the letter from MIT President #SallyKornbluth to faculty, dated today.
https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regarding-compact
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. After #MIT said 𝗻𝗼 to the Trump compact (yesterday), the Chronicle of Higher Education asked the other eight targeted universities for their reactions.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-could-mits-rejection-of-trumps-proposed-compact-mean-for-the-rest-of-higher-ed
(#paywalled)
"Asked for reactions to MIT’s announcement, spokespeople for Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University had no new information to share. The other recipients — the Universities of Arizona and Pennsylvania — didn’t respond."
#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
Update. "Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-13/trump-invites-all-colleges-to-join-compact-after-mit-s-rejection
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"The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter…Trump has said that colleges who reject the deal will face investigations into compliance with federal laws, but the extent to which federal research grants or student aid eligibility will be predicated on acceptance of the accord remains murky."
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Update. If you've heard that Trump "offered" his compact to all US colleges and universities, and your institution didn't receive the Trump letter, here's why. Trump didn't use letters. He used this Truth Social post:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115362973187528235
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that, "A source at the Department of Education confirmed Tuesday that a Truth Social post from President Trump was intended to be an invitation to higher ed. 'We welcome any institution that wants to adopt these principles to sign the compact,' wrote the source, who declined to go on the record."
https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-trump-agenda/trump-welcomes-any-institution-to-sign-onto-compact-outlining-his-priorities
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Update. #Dartmouth has not yet made a public statement rejecting the Trump compact. But two Dartmouth sources "who asked to speak anonymously…said they participated in a meeting with President Sian Leah Beilock in which…she said 'she would not sign the compact as written.'"
https://www.chronicle.com/article/dartmouths-president-balks-at-trump-compact-sources-say-as-feds-expand-offer-to-any-institution
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Update. #Brown just rejected the Trump compact. Here's the public letter from Brown President Christina Paxson.
https://www.brown.edu/sites/default/files/brown-response-federal-compact-10-15-2025.pdf
"Brown’s existing agreement with the federal government expressly affirms the government’s lack of authority to dictate our curriculum or the content of academic speech -- a principle that is not reflected in the Compact."
h/t #WilliamCross
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Update. #Penn just rejected the Trump pact (Oct 16). Here's the public letter from UPenn President J. Larry Jameson.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/announcements/update-penns-response-compact-academic-excellence
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Update. The U of Southern California just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 16). Here's the public letter from #USC interim president Beong-Soo Kim.
https://we-are.usc.edu/2025/10/16/update-from-interim-president-kim/
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Update. The U of Virginia just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 17). Here's the public letter from #UVa interim President Paul Mahoney.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/community-message-interim-president-paul-mahoney
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Update. #Dartmouth just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 18). Here's the public letter from Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock.
https://president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10/dartmouths-feedback-compact
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Update. The U of Arizona just rejected the Trump compact (Oct 20). Here's the public letter from #UArizona President Suresh Garimella.
https://president.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2025-10/Suresh-Garimella-to-Sec-Linda-McMahon.pdf
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Update. From Barbara Snyder, President of the Association of American Universities (#AAU), on the Trump compact:
https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/press-releases/statement-aau-president-administrations-higher-education-compact
"Federal support for higher education must never be tied to ideological alignment with any administration."
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Update. #Vanderbilt has not yet accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But Chancellor Daniel Diermeier just released a vague and inconclusive open letter on where it stands.
https://t.e2ma.net/message/tu4xiq/5vxmu1ke
"Last Friday, Vanderbilt participated in a discussion with members of the administration and other university leaders about shaping a productive process for providing such comments. We expect to share our input with the administration through that process. Our response will be grounded in our long-held principles and values…Vanderbilt believes deeply in the power of constructive dialogue."
The letter is undated (why?) but the Chronicle reports that it was made public on Oct 20.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/compact-live-updates-more-colleges-weigh-responses-as-deadline-for-feedback-looms
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Update. Like Vanderbilt (above), #WashingtonU has not not accepted or rejected the Trump compact. But also like Vanderbilt, its Chancellor, Andrew Martin, just released a vague and inconclusive statement on where it stands (Oct 20).
https://andrewdmartin.washu.edu/washu-to-join-conversation-about-the-future-of-higher-education/
"We believe it is in the best interest of our university, and higher education more broadly, for us to participate constructively, share our experience and expertise, and help inform policies that strengthen the nation’s research and education ecosystem…We firmly believe meaningful progress will best be achieved through open, ongoing dialogue."
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Update. #WashingtonU has now rejected the Trump compact. Here's the public letter from Chancellor Andrew Martin (Oct 22).
https://wustl.app.box.com/s/f3wwjqkrq9x1ovyz28d3r3cxmo8kwlk9
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Update. #SyracuseU will also reject the Trump compact, according to an Oct 22 statement by Chancellor Kent Syverud to the University Senate. Apparently there is not a public letter announcing the decision.
https://dailyorange.com/2025/10/syverud-declines-trump-compact-senators-pass-portfolio-review-resolution/
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Update. "#NewCollege of #Florida Is Ready To Be The First To Sign President Trump’s Higher Education Compact."
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/861953402/new-college-of-florida-is-ready-to-be-the-first-to-sign-president-trump-s-higher-education-compact
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Update. The University of Kansas provost says that #UKansas will not sign the Trump compact.
https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-won-t-sign-trump-s-higher-education-compact-was-never-invited-to-provost-says/article_aaea8512-a72a-4c9f-b45e-44f38dd835d4.html
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Update. #ValleyForgeMilitaryCollege just offered (Oct 28) to sign the Trump compact. Here's the open letter from its President and Chairman of the Board to the Trump Dept of Education.
https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/10/vfmc-letter-trump-admin.pdf
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Update. Five faculty from five institutions argue that "Colleges Must Reject Trump’s ‘Compact’ To Protect Our Democracy."
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-20/college-university-trump-law-professors-compact-opinion
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Update. The U of Virginia surveyed its community in October on how it should respond to the #Trump compact. The Chronicle of Higher Education got the results through a public-records request.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/uva-asked-its-community-to-weigh-in-on-trumps-compact-heres-what-they-said
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" 'Nope. Nothing. Nada.' 'Not at all.' 'No'. 'NO.' 'NO!'… Those curt replies were broadly representative of the responses as a whole…The F-word is used nine times…There were nearly 200 references to #UVa’s founder, #ThomasJefferson, almost all of which were in service of the argument that the compact went against his vision of the university. 'Stand your ground,' one wrote. 'You know it’s what Thomas Jefferson would have wanted.' "
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Update. The American Enterprise Institute (#AEI) defends the #Trump compact and offers some improvements.
https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-trump-administrations-higher-education-compact-eight-proposals-for-delivering-on-its-vision/
After the compact was introduced (Oct 2025), "a rough consensus emerged that the Trump administration had identified crucial problems but that its solution needed work. This project is an attempt to do some of that work."
By "rough consensus" I suppose AEI means "rough consensus of the people and orgs we read." If so, take that as a sign of how it reads.
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Update. Billionaire #MarcRowan was the driving force behind the #Trump compact with universities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/billionaire-marc-rowan-trump-deal-universities.html
It helps to know that Rowan is the owner of the for-profit University of Phoenix...
https://www.republicreport.org/2025/billionaire-behind-trump-pressure-campaign-on-colleges-owns-predatory-university-of-phoenix/
...which has paid hundreds of millions to settle more than a dozen claims of fraud.
https://vetsedsuccess.org/university-of-phoenix-recent-actions-and-concerns/
Now we learn that Rowan has a history of talking business with #JeffreyEpstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/business/dealbook/epstein-files-business.html
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Update. And now the Trump admin is lifting regulations on for-profit universities. The article doesn't mention Marc Rowan, but "the University of Phoenix is rising from the ashes [and] staging a comeback, partly with help from Washington."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/03/10/trump-for-profit-colleges-university-of-phoenix/
"Some Democrats and education advocates argue for-profit schools have historically accounted for a disproportionate number of complaints and need more scrutiny. They also worry the Trump administration’s pledge to eliminate the Education Department could make it harder to investigate complaints. 'The Trump administration is making it easier for for-profit colleges to scam students,' Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) said in a statement to The Washington Post."
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DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases
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The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims of domestic violence.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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BREAKING NEWS!
US Navy refusing requests from oil and shipping companies for escorts through the Strait of Hormuz due to high risk of Iranian attacks
Confirmed by multiple sources!
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Those Epstein files must be really bad for him……Wiling to release files on alien life but not Pedo’s running the country
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It’s hilarious and scary that Donald thinks he can declare war on a country, bomb school children, kill their leaders and then just expects them to fall in line and *not* retaliate by doing things like mining a strategic waterway or destroying Israeli oil depots.
There’s too much reading when you wage war. Trump can’t be bothered by daily briefings or do homework and so he just ad libs the whole thing and so many many people die and world economics are thrown under the global bus. #USPolitics
Updated introduction. I've been in the Fediverse for about 3-4 years now, and really like it here. I'm a Generation Jones mom of Gen X kids, and Grandma to some Gen Z and Alpha youngsters. I read, mostly #SciFi, #fantasy, #mystery, #historicalfiction, and #LouisLAmour westerns. Fandoms include #StarTrek (all iterations), #StarWars, #DoctorWho, #LOTR, #MCU, #DC, #Godzilla. Other interests: #archeology, #dinosaurs, #HashtagGames, #uspolitics, #art, #music (60s-90s, mostly), #games, #cats.
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This is Miss Lucia. She's a large Siamese car lying curled on her side on a footstool with her nose pointing up at the camera. She's snoozing as usual.
Social Security Administration internal watchdog investigating complaint that alleges former DOGE employee claimed he had access to 2 highly sensitive agency databases & planned to share the info with his private employer #news #uspol #uspolitics #politics #doge #SocialSecurity
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A 2026 political cartoon by STAHLER of bombs falling above a smoky ground plane, the largest and closest having a sticker on its side reading "This could have been your health insurance" | Andrews McMeel Syndication/GoComics.com
The Coinbase-backed "Stand With Crypto" advocacy group has declared Illinois Senate candidate Juliana Stratton to be "strongly against crypto" solely because she made a statement criticizing the $5.5 million the crypto industry had already spent to oppose her
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Stand With Crypto profile page Juliana Stratton Democratic Political Figure from Illinois Crypto letter grade of F Strongly against crypto Based on 1 statement and 0 votes. Vote History No recent votes. Statements Juliana Stratton @JulianaStratton x.com logo We have the momentum. Raja Krishnamoorthi and his allies know that, and it's why his MAGA-backed crypto bros are dumping $7 million into this race to try to stop me. Illinoisans aren't buying it. pic.x.com/5iqNcwSvWM tweet image @JulianaStratton Mar 3, 2026 on X Very anti-crypto
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TACO Trump strikes again.
Shame on the news organisations that refuse to acknowledge this.
"The Emperor has no clothes"
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"What this all comes down to is that the White House is running as fast as it can from regime change and even faster from its demand for 'unconditional surrender'."
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After speaking with Vladimir Putin...
Trump says Iran war is going to be a 'short-term excursion'
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Donald Trump said he had a “very good conversation” with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.
According to the US president, Putin “wants to be helpful” in resolving the conflict in the Middle East.
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Trump ‘Accidentally’ Missing From DOJ Epstein Files—But Key Claims From 13-Year-Old Victim Are Verified
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Democrats will start adapting and fighting back against the new regime order any minute now